rummage

rum·mage  (rmj)

v. rum·maged, rum·mag·ing, rum·mag·es

v.tr.

1. To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of.

2. To discover by searching thoroughly.

v.intr.

To make an energetic, usually hasty search.

n.

1. A thorough search among a number of things.

2. A confusion of miscellaneous articles.

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[From earlier romage, act of packing cargo, from French arrumage, from Old French, from arumer, to stow, from Old Provençal arumar : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + perhaps run, ship's hold (of Germanic origin; see reu- in Indo-European roots).]

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rummag·er n.

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rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ]

vb

(when intr, often foll by through) to search (through) while looking for something, often causing disorder or confusion

n

1. an act of rummaging

2. a jumble of articles

3. Obsolete confusion or bustle

[C14 (in the sense: to pack a cargo): from Old French arrumage, from arrumer to stow in a ship's hold, probably of Germanic origin]

rummager  n

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Rummage miscellaneous articles; lumber; rubbish, 1598.

Example: good riddance to bad rummage, 1880.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rummage - a jumble of things to be given away clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, smother, welter - a confused multitude of things
	2.	rummage - a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis" ransacking search, hunting, hunt - the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
Verb	1.	rummage - search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers" search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

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rummage

verb search, hunt, root, explore, delve, examine, ransack, forage, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.), rootle They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes.

Translations

rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ]

A. VI → hurgar
he rummaged in his pocket and produced a key → hurgando en el bolsillo sacó una llave
to rummage about → revolverlo todo, buscar revolviéndolo todo
to rummage about in a drawer → hurgar or revolver en un cajón

B. N (US) (= clothes) → ropa f usada; (= bric-à-brac) → objetos mpl usados

C. CPD rummage sale N (US) → venta f de objetos usados(con fines benéficos)

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rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ]

vi → fouiller
to rummage in sth → fouiller dans qch
to rummage through sth → fouiller dans qch

n
to have a rummage in sth → fouiller dans qch

rummage about

rummage around vi → farfouiller
to rummage around in sth, to rummage about in sth → farfouiller dans qch
rummage sale n (US) → vente f de charité

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rummage

n

to have a good rummage in something → etw gründlich durchstöbern or durchwühlen; to have a good rummage around → gründlich herumstöbern or herumwühlen

(= jumble) → Ramsch m

vi (also rummage about, rummage around) → herumstöbern, herumwühlen (→ among, in in +dat, → for nach)

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rummage [ˈrʌmɪdʒ] vi to rummage (about or around) → rovistare, frugare
to rummage about in sth/for sth → rovistare or frugare in qc/per trovare qc

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rummage

v rummage [ˈramidʒ]

to search by turning things out or over He rummaged in the drawer for a clean shirt. deursoek يَبْحَث، يُنَقِّب тършувам hrabat se gennemsøge herumwühlen ανακατεύω ψάχνοντας, σκαλίζω hurgar, revolver, remover tuhnima جستجو کردن koluta fouiller (dans) לִנבוֹר छानना, तलाश करना, खोज निकालना prekapati, pretraživati átkutat menggeledah umróta; gjörleita frugare, rovistare くまなく探す 샅샅이 찾다 naršyti, iškrėsti jaukties; vandīties jualan barangan terpakai rommelen romstere, rote gjennom przetrząsać remexer a răscoli, a scotoci рыться hrabať sa brskati preturati söka (rota) igenom ค้นกระจุยกระจาย altüst ederek aramak 翻找 порпатися پوری طرح چھان بین کرنا lục lọi 翻找

n

a thorough search. soektog بَحْث، تَنْقيب претърсване prohrabávání ransagning die Durchsuchung προσεκτικό ψάξιμο acción de hurgar/revolver/remover tuhnimine جستجو کامل و دقیق؛ کاوش pengonta fouille חִיפּוּש छानबीन, घालमेंल, फुटकर चीजें prekapanje, pretraživanje átkutatás penggeledahan ítarleg leit perquisizione, rovistata そうさく 뒤져 찾기 naršymas, krata pārmeklēšana; kratīšana menggeledah doorzoeking ransaking, gjennomsøking przetrząśnięcie busca scotocire обыск prehrabávanie preiskava preturanje genomsökande การค้นทุกซอกทุกมุม altüst ederek arama 徹底搜查 пошуки تلاش sự lục lọi; sự lục soát （彻底的）搜查